Title: The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky:
and an introduction to the topography and natural history of that
rich and important country: also Colonel Daniel Boon's narrative of
the wars of Kentucky: with an account of the Indian nations within
the limits of the United States, their manners, customs, religion,
and their origin: and the stages and distances between Philadelphia
and the falls of the Ohio, from Pittsburgh to Pensacola and several
other places.Author: John FilsonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04592800CollectionID:
CTRG03-B1116PublicationDate: 17930101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Publisher's advertising: 5] p., second group. Pref.
signed (p. 8): John Filson. "The original was printed at Wilmington
in 1784 and is now republished with considerable additions ...; and
it may with propriety be considered as a supplement to the American
geography by the Rev. Jedidiah Morse ... ."--Cf. editor's
statement.Collation: 67, 5] p., 1] leaf of plates: fold. map, plan;
24 cm
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